Singers Aretha Franklin, left, and Aaron Neville perform the national anthem before the Super Bowl XL football game Sunday, Feb. 5, 2006, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Singer Aretha Franklin performs the national anthem before the Super Bowl XL football game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Seattle Seahawks Sunday, Feb. 5, 2006, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Singers Aaron Neville and Aretha Franklin perform the national anthem before the Super Bowl XL football game Sunday, Feb. 5, 2006, in Detroit. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Singer Joss Stone, right, talks with Aretha Franklin during a news conference in Detroit Thursday, Feb. 2, 2006. Both will perform as part of the pre-game festivities at football Super Bowl XL which will feature the AFC Champion Pittsburgh Steelers against the NFC Champion Seattle Seahawks. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Singer Aretha Franklin, right, talks with Stevie Wonder during a news conference in Detroit Thursday, Feb. 2, 2006. Franklin will perform the national athem prior to the game and Wonder will provide pre-game entertainment. Super Bowl XL will feature the AFC Champion Pittsburgh Steelers against the NFC Champion Seattle Seahawks. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

President Bush presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2005, to singer Aretha Franklin in the East Room of the White House. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the nation's highest civilian award, and recognizes exceptional meritorious service. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

President Bush awards singer Aretha Franklin the Presidential Medal of Freedom Award in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2005, in Washington. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian award given.(AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)

Aretha Franklin sings during the funeral service for Civil Rights icon Rosa Parks at the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2005. Parks, whose refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man sparked the modern civil rights movement, died Monday, Oct. 24, at the age of 92. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, claps along with a song titled

Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, chats with nine-year-old Michael Barconey, left, at a party she threw for people displaced by Hurricane Katrina Friday, Oct. 21, 2005, in Southfield, Mich. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)

Walter Washington holds his 18-month-old daughter Khia during a party thrown by singer Aretha Franklin for people displaced by Hurricane Katrina Friday, Oct. 21, 2005, in Southfield, Mich. The Washington's were evacuated from New Orleans. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)

Amerie, left, accepts the 2005 Aretha Franklin Award for

Aretha Franklin acknowledges the crowd at the 10th Annual Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2005, in Pasadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Singer Aretha Franklin poses with producer Don Cornelius at the 10th Annual Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards, Wednesday night, Sept. 7, 2005, in Pasadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Soul singer Aretha Franklin performs during a ceremony honoring her father, the Rev. C.L. Franklin, at a city park named in the late civil rights leader's honor Monday, Aug. 1, 2005, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Aretha Franklin place a rose on the casket of Luther Vandross before she sings at his funeral, Friday July 8, 2005 in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Singer Aretha Franklin, right, sings during the funeral service for Luther Vandross, Friday, July 8, 2005, in New York. Vandross died July 1, at a New Jersey hospital, two years after he suffered a serious stroke. He sold more than 25 million records in his career, with hits like

Singer Aretha Franklin is escorted out of New York's Riverside Church after attending Luther Vandross's funeral service, Friday, July 8, 2005. Vandross, who added four Grammys to his collection of awards in 2004, including best song for the bittersweet Dance With My Father, died July 1, at the age of 54. (AP Photo/Jennifer Szymaszek)

** FILE ** Aretha Franklin sings at the McDonald's Gospelfest 2005 in New York in this June 4, 2005 file photo. Franklin has been named a recipient of the 2005 Presidential Medal of Freedom. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff, File)

Aretha Franklin poses for photographers as she arrives for the 32nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards in New York, Friday, May 20, 2005. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)